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Using Your Printer in Linux
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Configuring Printer Properties
Using the properties window provided by the Printers
configuration, you can change the various properties for your
machine as a printer.
1
Open the Unified Driver Configurator.
If necessary, switch to Printers configuration.
2
Select your machine on the available printers list and click
Properties
.
3
The Printer Properties window opens.
The following five tabs display at the top of the window:
•
General
: allows you to change the printer location and
name. The name entered in this tab displays on the
printer list in Printers configuration.
•
Connection
: allows you to view or select another port.
If you change the printer port from USB to parallel or
vice versa while in use, you must re-configure the
printer port in this tab.
•
Driver
: allows you to view or select another printer
driver. By clicking
Options
, you can set the default
device options.
•
Jobs
: shows the list of print jobs. Click
Cancel job
to
cancel the selected job and select the
Show completed
jobs
check box to see previous jobs on the job list.
•
Classes
: shows the class that your printer is in. Click
Add to Class
to add your printer to a specific class or
click
Remove from Class
to remove the printer from
the selected class.
4
Click
OK
to apply the changes and close the Printer
Properties Window.
Printing a Document
Printing from Applications
There are a lot of Linux applications that you are allowed to
print from using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). You
can print on your machine from any such application.
1
From the application you are using, select
Print
from the
File
menu.
2
Select
Print
directly using
lpr
.
3
In the LPR GUI window, select the model name of your
machine from the Printer list and click
Properties
.
4
Change the printer and print job properties.
Click.